Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting py3-captum package, versions <0.9.0-r1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.28% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-PY3CAPTUM-17896686
  • published9 Jul 2026
  • disclosed17 Oct 2022

Introduced: 17 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-3517  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard py3-captum to version 0.9.0-r1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream py3-captum package and not the py3-captum package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in the minimatch package. This flaw allows a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) when calling the braceExpand function with specific arguments, resulting in a Denial of Service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1